Results 121-140 of 760 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister’s response. There was a fair bit of detail in it. We woke up to news this morning that there has been 2.2% growth and 3.8% growth has been forecast for the economy for next year, which is obviously very welcome. Yet, all of us in this Chamber will know, including the Minister and Ministers of State, that many small businesses in particular are at the pin of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: -----and the businesses there that will be eligible for this scheme. Can he give people a realistic target for when we hope to have the money going into their accounts? Timing will be crucial in this. We are again waking up to headlines that state that two businesses are closing per day. Timing is therefore crucial for many small businesses. If we could expedite the process as quickly as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (8 Feb 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business scheme will be activated as part of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5546/24]

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not know where to start. I have lived beside a direct provision centre in my home parish for the best part of 23 years. We have always been welcoming to migrants from all over the world, and who have settled well and integrated into our community. I would like to bring some balance to the debate. I have been listening upstairs, and listening to the latest speech from the Sinn...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I wish to raise the issue of a social housing passport. I think Deputy Devlin raised this issue in the past. We are living in a society that is much more complex that the one in which we grew up. Many marriages and relationships break down and of the many couples who have shared an application on a local authority housing list, one or both partners might end up going back to their county...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I want to raise again the issue of rare diseases. The Taoiseach might have seen the news that last week, thankfully, the drug Libmeldy was approved for patients who suffer from metachromatic leukodystropohy, MLD. I pay tribute to the parent of a child who passed away a number of years ago. Les Martin sadly lost his son, Cathal, a few years ago to this disease. We saw and heard from Les...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3804/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3803/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: For the first few years in this Government's term in office, we saw numerous capital road projects progressed across the country including the Baile Bhuirne to Macroom bypass on which the Tánaiste officiated last year and I think he is due next month to cut the ribbon on the Dunkettle interchange, which is most welcome. I understand an announcement is due shortly from the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he is taking to drive forward the cultural transformation of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Tánaiste for an update on progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I acknowledge what the Tánaiste has just said. He also referenced in his previous reply to Deputy Burke the importance of instigating cultural change and the whole issue of restructuring. Of course, that is required but I want to go back to the issue of retention. We were in the unenviable position last year of having to withdraw from a peacekeeping group. Part of the roadmap ahead...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: To go back to the action plan again, I understand it is in its infancy in terms of the delivery of the goals that have been set out but I want to focus on one or two specific points. I will concentrate on the naval side of things, which the Tánaiste mentioned in his previous response. I understand that one of the aims of the action plan is to improve security around subsea cabling, for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: On that specific point, the age limit has been increased in other sectors, including the Garda, recently and, therefore, I do not see why the Government would not envisage something like that in future for the Defence Forces. Coming back to the Minister's point about stabilising figures, which I think he said was his immediate priority last autumn, I do not expect him to have a crystal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what action he will be taking to stabilise the numbers within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Can the Tánaiste give me an update on the strengths of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 1 January 2024 and will he make a statement on the matter? This question No. 65 is grouped with question No. 52.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is encouraging to note that the intake is progressing a bit more favourably this year. I acknowledge that additional funding which the Tánaiste mentioned in the previous budget where I think that €67 million specifically was allocated to address retention issues and that a further €1.5 billion will be allocated over the next five years. With regard to the optimum...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Like many areas around the country, Cork has experienced a succession of business closures in the last few weeks. Many businesses have cited the increase in costs, energy inflation etc. The increased cost of business grant was announced as part of budget 2024. In December, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, signed off on an increased package of €257 million. When will the increased cost...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Service will next meet. [53904/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would like to raise the issue of the humanitarian assistance fund. Glanmire was one of the areas that was worst affected by flooding in the last number of weeks. In my opinion we need to be better prepared for future instances in terms of how we deal with people after such events. It must be said that the welfare officers working in east Cork and Cork city have been phenomenal and very...